Space Traffic Reports in House Systems

[beander2]

That's sort beauty of it. It leaves for margin of error. Unless reported, STC won't know of any pirates. And with the reported sightings, they're just that, reports. STC is not supposed to be a drag net to make it impossible for pirates, just to make it more likely a trade ship will make it to it's final destination.
Plus it will also fill in that nice hole of role play when the pirates aren't online:D

I'm not sure you get my point. Assuming this is all in system chat - which it would have to be - you'll be announcing the presence and location and probably name of a trader coming through. Since the pirate will probably know where the STC ship is, the pirate will know where the trader is, or is coming from. Meanwhile, nobody knows where the pirate is (or Mon'Star, for that matter...).

You're not making it impossible for pirates; you're making it easy for them. And you're arguably making it less likely the trader will make it unharmed.

Again, I like the general idea - I just think this point needs some attention.

(Btw, I think this is Obnoxious1's point, not whistle-blowing against pirates, but against traders...)

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Sir Alisdair Buchanan, KBE ~ Gateway)Trafalgar